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Newspaper Project 
The student will make a newspaper including 5 articles and other features to share a chosen historical topic. **Must have articles: Headline Article, Editorial, Human Interest **Optional articles: (must pick at least two) Business, Fashion/Society, Art/Culture, Sports, and anything else that you get teacher approval for. **Other Features: Weather, Classifieds, Obituary, Real Estate, and anything this else that you get teacher approval for.
Rubric Code: ACC5X5
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Subject: History  
Type: Writing  
Grade Levels: K-5

Powered by iRubric Overall newspaper
  Poor

3 pts

Fair

7 pts

Good

10 pts

Illustrations

Poor

No illustration was included.
Fair

At least one illustration related to an article was included.
Good

Two illustrations were included that were related to an article.
Creativity

Poor

The newspaper shows little creativity. Newspaper has no title.
Fair

The newspaper shows some creativity. Newspaper has title but lacks creativity.
Good

The newspaper shows a lot of creativity. Newspaper title shows creativity.
Other Features

Poor

No other features were included.
Fair

One other feature was included which was relevant.
Good

Two other features were included which were relevant.
Cartoons

Poor

No cartoons were included
Fair

One cartoon was included which was relevant.
Good

Two cartoons were included which were relevant.
Headlines

Poor

No headlines were included
Fair

Some headlines were included that related to the accompanying article
Good

Each article was accompanied by an appropriate headline
Articles
  Poor

/article

1 pts

Fair

/article

3 pts

Good

/article

5 pts

Article Length

Poor

The articles does not have one paragraph and many spelling errors.
Fair

The articles were one or three paragraphs long, but contained spelling/grammar errors.
Good

The articles have one paragraphs or more and have two or fewer spelling/grammar errors.
Article Content

Poor

The article was not historically accurate .
Fair

The article contained many historically accurate facts.
Good

The article was historically accurate.



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